Example sentences of "[adj] be less [subord] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lunar ‘ year ’ normally comprised twelve months , but this is less than the solar year . |
| 2 | Note that this is less than the D4 wounds inflicted by a single shot due to the reduced effectiveness of a multiple shot . |
| 3 | This is less than the 90 per cent level of acceptances required for a compulsory sale of minority interests under CA 1985 , s429 following a takeover offer . |
| 4 | But in 1983–7 the real ( volume ) increase in funds first fell to zero , then fell absolutely , then rose at a rate lower than 1 per cent — that is less than the increasing trend to an ageing population required to sustain standards ( Kings Fund Institute , 1988 ; Owens and Glennerster , 1990 ) . |
| 5 | But then , under the new rules , Messrs Smith , Marsh , Nearn et al will be no threat to the major players : only 500 low-volume type-approved cars to any one design can be made each year — a number of Marcoses , Westfields and Caterhams combined that 's less than a day 's output from Longbridge . |
| 6 | The pleasant surprise I mentioned earlier was that the tank carried a recommended price tag of only £26 — and that 's less than the price of buying the glass cut to size from the glass merchant . |
| 7 | When the number that we 're sharing out when that 's less than the number of people . |
| 8 | That 's less than the company subsidy for the North Harbour cafeteria , running around £900 per employee in 1990 . |
| 9 | er , if you just to avoid doubt , it looks as though , as we presume we go back to one , three , four that 's less than the income was the revenue from things like the guest room and er the lounge and so on , you see ? |